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Austin Dixon’s final penalty kick moved Northshore past Fontainebleau 6-5 in overtime, strengthening the team’s position in third place in District 6-I with just two weeks left in the regular season.

The contest was scoreless until Northshore’s Dario Cutura made a shot in the 65th minute as time was winding down. With their window of opportunity closing fast, Zach Shaw tied the game for Fontainebleau in the 79th minute on a header, which eventually forced two 10-minute overtime periods.

As time ran out with the game tied at 1-1, Matt Smith took the first shot for Northshore and Shaw for Fontainebleau, both successful.

Northshore and Fontainebleau were perfect on their first four shots, and then it was up to Dixon and Fontainebleau’s James Bridges. Dixon went to the left corner, nailing the shot, and Bridges missed to the right.

“We knew we had to come together as a team and get the job done,” Dixon said. “When they tied the game late, we didn’t panic.”

The contest featured a playoff-like intensity, and for all intents and purposes, it may well have been since both teams remain in a fight for a high enough power rankings to reach the postseason. In recent years, the district has sent at least four teams to the playoffs in each of the past four seasons.

“Fontainebleau is a very good team and I always consider them in the top three in our district,” Northshore Coach Ryan Lazaroe said. “Unfortunately, no team wants to end on penalty kicks. They are a tough team and always a big time rival for us.”

Fontainebleau remained upbeat despite the loss.

“Although our record may not show it, I regard our play as one of the top 10 teams,” Fontainebleau Coach Bud Ditchendorf said. “We did come up big with that late goal to force it to overtime, and I thought we had two really good looks in front of the goal earlier.”